Trunk-handle.



No. 674,820.- Patented May 21; I90

B. M. WILHITE & F. A. HOYT.

TRUNK HANDLE. (Application filed Sept. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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mag cu. now-um STATES .BERTNIE M. WILHITE AND FRANK A. HOYT, OF GORDON,NEBRASKA.

TRUNK-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,820, dated May 21,1901.

Application filed September 13, 1900. Serial No. 29,916. '(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERTNIE M. WILHITE and FRANK A. HOYT, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Gordon, in the county of Sheridanand State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Trunk-Handle, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a handle for trunks whichwhen grasped by a person will not tend to crowd the persons hand againstthe side of the trunk, but will, on the contrary, spring outward, so asto enable the person handling the trunk to conveniently lift and carrythe same. This end we attain by providing a handle with a springtherein, which runs longitudinally throughout its length and which isprovided at its ends with curved loops, which fit loosely in housingsattached to the trunk and which receive pins carried in the housings, onwhich pins the loops are freely movable, so that when strain is put onthe strap its middle portion is forced to move outward from the trunk.

This specification is the specific disclosure of various forms of ourinvention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front view of the invention with a part thereof brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same with apart shown inelevation, and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the strap or handledrawn outward as in operation.

The handle proper is formed of a metallic which is fastened to thespring a and over which the cover I) is passed and the other of whichforms the loop proper. This latter part is curved, as shown in Fig. 2.The loops 0 project into housings f, secured to the side of the trunk,and the loops receive pins e, which are fastened transversely in thehousings, the pins permitting the loops 0 a limited move ment in thehousings. By curving the loops 0, as explained above, the handle iscaused to spring outward from the body of the trunk when pressure isapplied to the handle. Therefore when the person grasps the handle thespring a, coacting with the curved loops 0, throws the handle outward,and the hand of the person handlingthe trunk is not pinched or otherwiseinjured.

If desired, the handle may be constructed without the leather or othercovering 19, as shown in Fig. 3. This figure also accurately shows themanner in which the spring a. and loops 0 are joined.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination with a tru nk, of openhousings secured thereto, transversely-disposed pins fastened rigidly inthe housings, a spring trunk-strap the ends of which are locatedrespectively adjacent to the housings, a loop for each end of the strap,the loops comprising end portions fastened to the ends of the strap, andcurved main portions which respectively inclose the pins of thehousings, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERTNIE M. WILHITE. FRANK A. HOYT. Witnesses:

J. W. J OICE, AMOS BURWELL.

